This weekend my dear husband and I did visit a wonderful ball given in Benrath Palace in Düsseldorf.
It started with tea and cake in the afternoon and in the evening we did dance countrydances accompanied by a ten-men-orchestra.
More pictures can be seen here:
http://thomason-photography.net/Benrath2012/index.html
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8666432@N04/tags/2012/